Improvement in tack-drivers



P.S.FELTER Tack-Driver.

No. 210,511. Patented Dec. 3,1878

ZE m 22 ATTORNEY N.FETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHEB, WASHINGTON. 0 C l NITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILO S. FELTER, OF GAZENOVIA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT lN TACK-DRIVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 210,511, dated December3, 1878; application filed April 20, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILO S. FELTER, of Oazcnovia, in the county ofMadison and State of New York, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Oarpet-Fastenin g Devices; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of avertical section of myimproved carpet-fastening devices. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of theslotted guide-plate and Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are detail views.

This invention has relation to improvements in means wherebycarpet-hooks may be driven into a floor without bending.

The nature of the invention consists in combining with a carpet-hook ofobtuse angular form a guide-plate, slotted from end to end and adaptedto receive the said hook, and a driving-bit introduced into the saidslot and bearing upon the head of the hook, whereby the said hook may bereadily driven into a floor, as will be hereinafter more fully set fortIn the annexed drawings, the letter A designates a carpet-hook of obtuseangular form, the drive portion a of which is tapered to a point andprovided with edge serrations c", as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. The hookportion a also tapers to a point, and its upper edge is serpentine inoutline, having a rising shoulder or offset, 2, at its lower end, asshown.

B indicates the guide-plate, made of any suitable metal, and providedwith base-wings b, to prevent the same from tipping over. Through thisplate, from top to bottom, is formed a slot, 0, of rectangular form, inwhich is a metallic spring, 8, of suitable strength, designed to preventthe hook from dropping out of the slot. e

The driving-punch (J is also of metal, and fits snugly in the slot 0.Its lower end is also of serpentine form, and accurately conforms to theshape of the top of the portion a of the hook, as shown in Fig. 1. It isprovided upon one or both edges, near its top, with a pro jection, d.

The hook A is passed into the slot 0 of the guide-plate from below, andpushed in until its lower end is flush with the base of the said plate.The driver is then passed into the upper end of said slot, and thrust inuntil it reaches the head of the said hook. This being accomplished, theguide-plate is placed over the desired spot on the floor, and the driverforced in by means of a hammer until its stop (I abuts against the saidplate, which may then be raised, leaving the hook behind in the floor.By this means the part a of the hook is prevented from being bent downat right angles to part a, which would render the engagement of a carpettherewith practically impossible.

The offset 2 serves to engage with the point of the driver, and the hookis thereby kept in position during the driving operation.

WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with an obtuse angular carpet-hook, of a slottedguideplate, B, adapted to receive said hook, and a driver, 0, havingstop d, as set forth.

2. The guide-plate B, having base-wings b, a vertical slot, 0, and aspring in said slot,

substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

PH-ILO s. FELTER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE L. RoUsE, M. J. STONE.

